A Kanchanaburi Dan Makham Tia District defence volunteer apparently admitted to lending out a firearm that was used to kill an endangered bearcat at the weekend.

One of the six detainees who were allegedly involved in a bomb attack that killed fours rangers in Pattani’s Sai Buri district last week, has confessed to the crime, Pattani Taskforce commander Maj-General Jatuporn Klampasut told a press conference on Friday.